Religious rites of native Americans. Priests flagellate themselves with rope, pierce their feet with thorns, and offer incense to an idol holding arrows in one hand and a religious object in the other.

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Religious rites of native Americans. Priests flagellate themselves with rope, pierce their feet with thorns, and offer incense to an idol holding arrows in one hand and a religious object in the other.

Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.

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Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.

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1707

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1707

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Text describes how the priests (tlamacazqui or keepers of the gods) of Mexico would flagellate themselves, pierce their feet with thorns, or beat each other with stones to atone for the sins of the common people. They would play musical instruments such as horns, use incense, and wash their idol in blood. Here the god is referred to as Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), but may be Tezcatlipoca or "Smoking Mirror" (the god of the night sky and memory) whose symbols include a flaming mirror and arrows.This image is derived from Theodor de Bry, America, part 9, [part 3], plate 7, and follows the special title page for Ontdekking van West-Indien, vlijtig ondersoft, en naauw-keurig aangeteekend, door Joseph d'Acosta ... , Leiden, 1706. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.

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Text describes how the priests (tlamacazqui or keepers of the gods) of Mexico would flagellate themselves, pierce their feet with thorns, or beat each other with stones to atone for the sins of the common people. They would play musical instruments such as horns, use incense, and wash their idol in blood. Here the god is referred to as Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), but may be Tezcatlipoca or "Smoking Mirror" (the god of the night sky and memory) whose symbols include a flaming mirror and arrows.This image is derived from Theodor de Bry, America, part 9, [part 3], plate 7, and follows the special title page for Ontdekking van West-Indien, vlijtig ondersoft, en naauw-keurig aangeteekend, door Joseph d'Acosta ... , Leiden, 1706. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.